diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4af6d87744..34a7a33dba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
         <commons.configuration.version>1.10</commons.configuration.version>
         <commons.csv.version>1.0</commons.csv.version>
         <commons.digester.version>2.1</commons.digester.version>
-        <commons.fileupload.version>1.3.1</commons.fileupload.version>
+        <commons.fileupload.version>1.6.0</commons.fileupload.version>
         <commons.httpclient.version>3.1</commons.httpclient.version>
         <commons.io.version>2.4</commons.io.version>
         <commons.lang.version>3.3.2</commons.lang.version>